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title: "3 Reader Listener Quotes by 3 authors"
description: "Browse 3 Reader Listener quotes by 3 authors. Discover the best Reader Listener sayings and thoughts."
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> [I do think of my reader, or listener, really, more often, if I give a lecture, for example, and I know that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-h-gass/i-do-think-of-my-reader-or-listener-really-more-often-if-i-give-a/)

[William H. Gass](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-h-gass/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7ce/william-h-gass-4166_bits_i-do-think-of-my-reader-or-listener-real_1358977.jpg)

> [The private reader of listener can become an executant of felt meaning when he learns the poem or the musical passage by…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-steiner/the-private-reader-of-listener-can-become-an-executant-of-felt/)

[George Steiner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-steiner/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/242/george-steiner-4683_books_the-private-reader-of-listener-can-becom_2309296.png)

> [A poem, necessarily, sits at a register that's different from our usual conversational voices. You have to listen more actively to get…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tracy-k-smith/a-poem-necessarily-sits-at-a-register-that-s-different-from-our-usual/)

[Tracy K. Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tracy-k-smith/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8cb/tracy-k-smith-8847_being_a-poem-necessarily-sits-at-a-register-th_2581587.png)

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